Funny Car Summer, documentary movie available from Netflix, follows Jim Dunn through the 1974 funny car races, and gives a good look at 1974

the car he raced was this rear engined Barracuda, one of only 2 rear engined funny cars racing in 1974

his ordinary job for 47 weeks a year was as a firefighter

the movie covers the drag strips in So Cal mostly, but also Oklahoma and Utah

and I've no idea why the races at El Mirage and Bonneville are in the movie, or even if they are from 1974

Carl and Veda Orr!

and no shit, they lit the back tire on fire to race bicycles with small chutes that were pulled in a parking lot race